News

Matt and Nicole Alexander.

Blog Post By Augustin Hamilton (Quebec Life Coalition) — Photo: Alexander Family

Matt and Nicole Alexander, teachers in Cobden, Ontario, were fired by their public school board in 2023 for failing to support LGBT ideology.

Matt, who had taught for 20 years with an impeccable record, was summoned by his principal, who informed him that he was suspended and under investigation following a complaint about his social media activity. The catch is that he didn’t even have a social media account at the time. No explanation was provided.

Nicole had been teaching kindergarten for three years and had consistently received excellent evaluations. One morning, she found an LGBT poster on her classroom door. The poster had been placed there without her knowledge, and none of the other classrooms had posters on their doors. Since she had not received instructions about it, she took it down and put it in a closet. Later that morning, she was summoned to the principal’s office and questioned about removing the poster. She was immediately suspended pending an investigation.

On October 26, 2023, Matt and Nicole Alexander were fired by the Renfrew County School Board for failing to "celebrate and affirm LGBTQ issues."

Following their dismissal, the Alexanders were unable to find work as teachers because they had been blacklisted. This resulted in significant financial loss, forcing them to sell their family home.

All things considered, this dismissal on trivial grounds—one of which was fabricated and the other seemingly a trap—occurred after their son, Josh Alexander, began publicly challenging his school’s policy allowing men who identify as women to use women-only facilities, such as restrooms and changing rooms. This policy was adopted by a different school board. For this courageous protest, Josh and his brother were expelled from school.
It seems that we are witnessing the persecution of an entire family because of one of its members' opinions against LGBT ideology.

To make matters worse, the Alexander parents’ union, the Ontario Elementary Teachers’ Federation, refused to defend them despite filing grievances on their behalf.

In a new development, the Legal Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has decided to represent Matt and Nicole Alexander before the Ontario Labour Relations Board, where a hearing was held earlier this month. The couple is suing the union that refused to defend them.

This is the first step in what promises to be a long legal battle.